Here are the answers for the New York Times (NYT) Connections puzzle #422 today, released on August 6th, 2024, and some hints to help you solve them.
New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.
The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.
Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.
Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.
There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:
- CLOUD
- SHOE
- SUBJECT
- OBJECT
- BULL
- GUINEA PIG
- COTTON BALL
- FOG
- DANDELION
- MIND
- MATTER
- VOLUNTEER
- PROTEST
- PARTICIPANT
- SHEEP
- DISAPPROVE

Connections 422 Group Hints Today (August 6th, 2024)
We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.
- Hint 1: One group of words is “FLUFFLY WHITE THINGS“.
- Hint 2: PARTICIPANT and VOLUNTEER are in the same group.
- Hint 3: GUINEA PIG and SHEEP are NOT in the same group.
- Hint 4: One group of words comes before the word “HORN”.
What are the Connections 422 Answers Today? (8/6/24)
Here are the answers to NYT Connections puzzle 422 released on 6th August 2024:
- FLUFFY WHITE THINGS – CLOUD, COTTON BALL, DANDELION, SHEEP

- ONE IN A RESEARCH STUDY – GUNIEA PIG, PARTICIPANT, SUBJECT, VOLUNTEER

- TAKE ISSUE – DISAPPROVE, MIND, OBJECT, PROTEST

- ___ HORN – BULL, FOG, MATTER, SHOE
Daily NYT Connections 422 Solution – 6th August 2024
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